Woven carrier.



G. W. SPALDING.

WOVEN CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILEVD APR. 1|. 19H.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. SPALDING, O-EWORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T'O UNIVERSAL PATENTS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

WOVEN CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SPALDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in lVoven Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to pocketed carriers made of woven material, namely carriers on the order of those which are used for holding and carrying cartridges, packaged first-aid supplies, etc. Among the pocketed carriers to which the invention is applicable are comprised cartridge-carriers, hospital corps belts, medical officers belts, and others having special adaptations.

More particularly, the invention relates to the flexibly attached covers which are provided in connection with the pockets of carriers of the said general class. It is in the nature of an improvement upon so called box-covers or hoods on'the order of those which are shown, described, and claimed in the U. S. Letters Patent to F. R. B'atch'eld'er for woven carriers, No. 1,211,275, dated Jan. 2, 1917. As in the case of the invention presented in the said patent, the present invention has for its general object the production of a practical improved flexibly attached box-cover or hood which shall afford complete protection for the contents of the pocket with which it is combined,-

that is to say by effectually excluding'moisture, mud, sand and dust which shall insure effectually against the escape of articles (as for instance, cartridges in the case of a cartridge-carrier); and which shall be of a construction enabling the drawbacks or disadvantages of woven material to be avoided or be taken care of properly. 7

The invention provides a box-cover or hood on the order of that of the patent aforesaid, comprising essentially a onepiece blank, and characterizedby having a front with opposite lateral flanges which are lapped outwardly around the forward margins of the sidewings and secured against the outer faces of the side-wings.

The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two of the pockets'of a woven carrier, the

blanks like that shown'separately in Fig. 3. i

Fig. 5 is a face or plan view of the said continuous web.

The body or band-portion '1 ofthe carrier shown in Fig. 1, and the pockets 2, 2, thereon, are formed of flexible woven material, and may be produced integral with each other by proper procedure in weaving, which is regarded as preferable, although in some cases they may be formed separately and fastened together in approved manner. The carrier may be furnished with one pocket, only, or with a plurality of pockets, according to the purpose which the carrier is designed to serve. In Fig. 1, in which the cover or hood of one of the pockets is shown raised, the corresponding pocket is re'presente'd, by way of illustration, as filledand expanded by packages 3, 3, such as commonly contain the supplies that are fur nished to the hospital corps. The filled pockets in this instance are substantially rectangular in cross-section.

Referring briefly to the leading features,

in general, of the pocket-covers or hoods For the purpose of enabling a. pocketcover or hood to be secured in place in proper relations with the pocket with which it cooperates, the said cover or hood is provided with a downward extension 4i from its top, which extension is made fast in some approved manner at the back of the pocket. For example, it may be inserted into a housin'g slit 1 provided in the upper portion of web 1, as shown in Fig. 1, and be secured in the said slit by means of stitches 1? or other convenient fastenings in practice. The employment of the housing-slit is preferred, but is not indispensable.

The top of the cover, flap, or hood is marked 5. The two sideportions, wings, or skirts are marked6, 6. The front is marked 7. As .usual, fastening means are provided for holding the cover, flap, or hood securely Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

closed when required, as at the right in Fig. 1. The drawings show means of ordinary character, comprising a stud 11, applied to and projecting from the front wall of the pocket, and a cooperating socket 12 applied to the front 7 of the cover, flap, or hood.

The characteristic and essential feature of the invention is the fact that the cover, flap, or hood, consisting of a one-piece blank, has integral opposite lateral flanges a", m, Fig. 1, preferably selvaged, which are lapped around the forward margins oft-he side-wings or skirts 6, 6, and lie flat-wise against the outer surfaces of said side-wings or skirts, to which they are secured in convenient manner. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the securing is effected a 2 and another in Fig. 3.

by means of stitches 9, 9.

The blank for the cover, flap, or hood, is a one-piece blank of woven material, one example of the same being represented in Fig. The blank shown in Fig. 2 is formed with the comparatively narrow rear section 4, constituting the rearward attaching extension 4: of the made-up box-cover, flap, or hood. Also with a middle section 5 constituting the top 5 of the made up cover, flap, or hood and having opposite lateral projections G 6, which constitute the side-portions, wings, or skirts 6, 6, of the cover. Also with a forward section 7 con-= stituting in the finished cover, flap, or hood the front 7 thereof. In accordance with the invention, this forward section is furnished with opposite lateral widenings a1, an, as shown, which in the flattened-out state of the blank render the total width of the forward section greater than that of the rearward section. The relative diflerence in width is not material. The particular blank shown in Fig. 2 is produced by the operations of weaving, following established methods of procedure, and with firm woven selvages at the opposite sides of the narrow section 49 for the rearward extension, also at the lateral edges of the two wingprojections 6 6*, for the side-wings or skirts at opposite sides of the top, and also at opposite lateral edges of the laterally-widened section '7 for the front 7 said last mentioned section being somewhat narrower than the section comprising the top and side-wings, but somewhat wider than the section for the rearward extension.

In weaving the one-piece blank shown in Fig. 2 the warpthreads that are utilized in the formation of the lateral projections 6, 6 for the side-wings or skirts, but not in the formation of the section 4 for the rearward extension of the cover, flap, or hood, are floated alongside the said rearward section 4:, without interweaving them with the weft-threads until the beginning of the lateral projections is reached. Upon the completion of the section comprising the top and lateral projections, and during the weaving of the section 7 for the front of the hood or cover, certain of the warps which were floated alongside the rearward section are interwoven with the weft-thread to form the lateral widenings 0:, 93, of the section 7*. The remainder of those warp-threads which were floated during the production of the rearward section and which are not required in the production of the lateral widenings x, m, of the front section, are also floated alongside such widenings without being interwoven with weft-thread. In practice, a continuous series of the blanks will be woven in succession, united in the form of a web in the weaving, and will be separated from one another by cutting across the said web at the proper points for dividing up the web into individual blanks.

The floated warp-threads will be trimmed ofi. As thus produced, the rearward section of the blank, the lateral projections of the intermediate section, and the lateral widenings of the front section, will have firm woven selvages.

In making a blank like that of Fig. 2 up into a box-cover or hood, the lateral projections 6, 6 of the blank, and the front section 7 thereof are bent down at right-angles to the top section 5, and the lateral widenings w, 00, of the said front section are bent in the form of flanges around the front edges of the side-wings and are lapped against the outer surface of the said sidewings, being secured thereto by suitable means, preferably by means of stitches 9, 9.

By folding the lateral widenings of the front in the form of flanges around the cut or raw front edges of the side-wings, such edges are covered and concealed. As a result of making the said lateral widenings with selvagcs, turning or hemming of the flanges is rendered unnecessary. Consequently the flanges lie snugly and flatly against the outer surfaces of the side Wings, the side seams are flat and have no objec' tionable thickness, projecting ridgy joints or seams are avoided, and a smooth and acceptable finish is produced.

The lower end of the front 7 is finished off in customary manner. The cut or raw rear edges of the side-wings or skirts 6, 6, are turned to the inner sides of the latter as at 6 Fig. 1, and stitched in place so as to conceal the said edges.

If deemed advisable, the weaving may be so conducted, by the employment of separate sets of warp-threads for the production of the lateral widenings m', w, of the blank shown in Fig. 2, as to leave the said widenings unconnected with the lateral projections 6, 6, at the ends of the said widenings ad oining the said lateral projections. In such case, the separate sets of warpthreads employed as just stated in the production of the lateral widenings m, as, will be floated from one pair of the said widenings to the next pair in the length of the continuous web, and will be trimmed oif subsequent to the weaving.

The form of blank shown in Fig. 3 is produced in a folded state by the weaving operations, as a part of a continuous web in which similar blanks succeed one another, as for instance after themanner indicated in Figs. 4: and 5. In the said folded state, the lateral widenings are produced as flanges 00 01: turned inwardly toward each other at the opposite sides of the front section 7 of the blank, and the lateral projections 6, 6,for the side-wings or skirts of the cover, flap, or hood overlap each other transversely of the blank.

In the case of the continuous web which isshown partly in Figs. 4 and 5, doublelength front sections 7 alternate with double-length rear-extension sections 4, between the successive pairs of lateral projections 6, 6, and the web is separated into "individual blanks by cutting across it on the lines y-q/ and 3 z at midlength of the respective double front-sections 7 and double rear-extension sections 4.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the What is claimed as the invention is,

1. A pocketed woven carrier having a box-cover or hood furnished with sidewings comprising essentially a one-piece blank, and characterized by having a frontwith opposite lateral widenings which are folded in the form of flanges outwardly around the forward margins of the sidewings of the cover or hood and secured against the outer faces of the side-wings.

2. A pocketed woven carrier having a box-cover or hood comprising essentially a one-piece blank formed with a selvaged rearsection which is attached to the back GEORGE IV. SPALDING.

Witnesses:

ELVA M. LORD, Vrcron H. JENNINGS.

my signature Commissioner of Patents,

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